While the delay is up to one month with Community Health Systems being the lone company on the lease to run Northwest Mississippi Regional Medical Center, bills are still getting paid and the hospital is operating as planned.

Joe Gray came to the Clarksdale Municipal School District board meeting last Thursday on behalf of the a veteran’s organization, the Rock Climbers, attempting to make a difference, but his plans were delayed.

Clarksdale mayor Chuck Espy put criminals on notice when local law enforcement officers met at the Expo Center Thursday morning for a public service announcement letting the community know police departments would be stepping up their games.